How to Use laughter in a Sentence

laughter

noun
  • The audience roared with laughter.
  • But beyond that, her laughter is one of my favorite things.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Kyung Hee did the thing with her hands in front of her mouth, to contain her laughter.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • His jab is, of course, followed by boisterous laughter.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Against Sanchez, Harris’s laughter was a veil for pity and dismay.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024
  • There was lots of laughter and expanses of intense conversation, as well.
    Eric V. Copage, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The group bursts into laughter before each goes back to his individual station.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Moreover, Aruna was herself every bit the shade of monsoon clouds with a cascade of ringlets like the falling of nights that held the promise of laughter in them.
    Longreads, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Young and old burst into laughter each time the outhouse door opened to reveal a man in his boxers peering over his newspaper to see who disturbed his privacy.
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The long-haired, smash-’em-up comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered watermelons over a decadeslong career.
    Bernard McGhee, al, 31 Dec. 2022
  • At this, Usman — who was attending the reunion virtually from his home in Nigeria — covered his face to mask his laughter.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
  • His comments were met with laughter from other meeting participants, according to the Fed’s transcript of the meeting.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The old laughter has now curdled into something more personal and petulant—and potentially dangerous.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Across the diaspora, Black people mourn by facing death head-on through dance, celebration, tears, laughter, fantastic food, and more.
    Jumoke Balogun, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The hug is warm, the eyes kind, the laughter throaty and frequent.
    Giles Hattersley, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The best way to achieve the medicine of laughter is through people.
    Sofia D'uva, oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • With such a taste in our mouths, the laughter shrinks in our throats.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The comment drew a mix of gasps and laughter from the crowd.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 30 June 2024
  • That drew scoffs of laughter from the Democratic side of the aisle.
    Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves and Keving Freking The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Our guests whooped us down the aisle, and there was so much laughter and tears.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Fans hold up the four fingers at the start of the fourth quarter, the sound of laughter and cheers ring in the air.
    C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Cho added, causing Penn, Cho and the crowd to break out in laughter.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This spread to the rest of the crowd, which, rippling with laughter, took a step back from the convoy.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Rebel yells and hearty laughter echoes up and down the streets and into the ancient peaks cradling the town.
    Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2023
  • Here’s to 26 years of friendship and laughter and many many more .
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Her voice and laughter boomed across rooms or even large stores.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Good satire also has to sting, and the show’s laughter never lets us off the hook.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Eid now is no longer a day of laughter, but a day of tears and longing.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Moth — not that Ray isn’t — but Moth just radiates joy and love and laughter and wants to lift everybody around him.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Find out with this game that sparks deep conversations and laughter.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2024

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